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I'm sure most players wonder just how many sky poker players make a profit over say 1 year. My guess is only about 5% of players do! This means 95% of us ( Including me! ) are in fact losers! Normally these figures are guarded secrets by gambling businesses. I think its in everyones interest to know just who these players are so that 95% of us can avoid them ( i.e. Professional players ) like the plague! What do you Think?
I'm sure most players wonder just how many sky poker players make a profit over say 1 year. My guess is only about 5% of players do! This means 95% of us ( Including me! ) are in fact losers! Normally these figures are guarded secrets by gambling businesses. I think its in everyones interest to know just who these players are so that 95% of us can avoid them ( i.e. Professional players ) like the plague! What do you Think?
There are sites that monitor this not sure on the rules about posting outside links (if I get a steer from a mod will post link). But I use a site that allows 5 free lookups a day and this gives one a rough idea of how much other people are winning losing and a simplistic guide on their current form. Do an internet search.
has everyone else enjoyed this month and hope it continues!
also if people are not logged in for the first half hour then they should be removed from the game as that would help speed up the game
Any chance you impove your server or bandwidth keep losing connections in the last few days in cash games and multi tables and i know for sure there are no problems on my connection or my computer.
Therefore i think that you should bring in the freerolls permanant, No points to qualify just rebuys.
Thankyou hope you will try to bring in freerolls A.S.A.P
I think there is a business case for SKY to introduce points based freerolls for 'Sit N Go' and for 'tournaments'. I know many players amass huge numbers of points but then find no reasonable way to use them (eg. 2-3 hrs play to earn 40p for instance is not everyones cup of tea ).
My idea is to have freerolls with varying levels of entry say 100,500,1000,2000 etc so that for the high rollers the free rolls are confined to fewer players but the rewards would be pro rata to the points used to enter the Sit n Go or tourney. I am certain that Sky would increase numbers playing throughout the site and hence their revenue because more people would WANT to earn points to play in more worthwhile FR competitions. Free rolls just once or twice a day is just not enough and doesnt help SKY promote their business.
I would like to be able to choose my game style each time (i.e bounty hunter, double your money, scary etc.)
I should be able to set the start time, blind times, how many players etc.
I dont think you can but If you can already do this, can you show me where please?
I dont know why late registration for tourneys is not allowed - for say first half hour. I've more than once missed the start time by a few seconds/minutes.
Seems like Sky is costing itself money and not as if lots of the smaller tourneys get many runners.
Sorry about the delay in replying here! It is now my duty to keep a look out on this particular thread. I will be updating the way we deal with these queries soon also so keep a look out.
So for now I will answer some of your questions:
Bluey: I am afraid we cannot provide you with your own private tournaments, however you and all your friends should be able to find a Sit N Go tournament for you all to join, however you won't be able to choose your buy-in etc unfortunately.
simonnatur: It is something we have looked into, however, we felt that late registrations were unfair to people who have already bought in so, for now, this will not change.
FINS: We regularly run monthly tournaments with prizes like you have mentioned. We did one during the World Cup, we had the August Freeroll and we have the Sky Poker Premiership starting on the 20th September. Click here if you have'nt already registered: https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby/poker-promotions/premiership
Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Jordan
Other things the bigger sites have that I think would be good additions;
Time Bank - Limit it if you have to so you only get 2x 60 seconds a day (we all get in those tough spots where we need more time and sometimes make the wrong move because we run out of time)
Disconnect protection - limit this to 2 a day to stop abuse of it
Late Reg for tourneys - limit it to the first couple of blind levels though (point taken above but still think it’s needed)
Avatars - That actually represent the player or the players own choice picture
Points - Being able to directly exchange points for buy ins into tourneys or sit and go's
Table sizes - You need to be able to get 4 equally sized tables on the screen this might fit in with sky getting its own dedicated software
Thanks again for your suggestions.
KKarlos93: We used to give away T-Shirts, baseball caps etc as part of the Cash for Points promotion but it was not very popular among players. I will pass this on to our marketing department though and see what they say.
As for our own software, it is something that has been discussed, yet, at the moment it is not seen as a justifiable addition at the moment. Don't rule it out in the future though!
We constantly look at updating the Avatars on site so you may see new ones shortly.
Once a player has registered for a tournament, we do not have the means to kick them out from our system, it must be done by the player themselves I am afraid.
silentbob: I have passed your suggestion on to our poker management team and I will get back to you shortly with their response. Cheers.
4s_r_us: There are currently no issues with our connection. We only offer refunds if there is a connection error from our end (or sometimes as a goodwill gesture) It may be an idea to click here and check your system is fully compatible: https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby/getting-started/connection-problems (click on the 'Connection Problems' tab on the left.)
Thanks again.
Jordan
Started playing sky poker a bit more recently (I used to play a lot on other sites) and I have to say the biggest attraction for me is it NOT being compatible with poker tracker 3 etc. Tracking software is a lazy mans' tool and the reason for me that so many 'average' players play better games as they dont have to pay as much attention to reading players when the software calculates a lot for them. So for me, having a downloadable sky poker programme would be a shame.
HOWEVER, that aside, there are 2 improvements I would love to see made -
1. More leniency with 'sitting out'. When I multi-table 6 tables (easy on other sites, not so much here, but thats ok), from time-to-time I get timed out. It doesn't happen every hand as normally my decision is instant, but occasionally I just miss the fold button in time. What really then winds me up is being sat out for one hand before I can come back. I'm on auto-post blinds and if not in the blinds, I've already paid to be dealt the cards. In isolation this is not much, but it soon starts to add up. I would like to have an option to click to go one full round without action before being sat-out. That way, if you did disconnect it would still only cost 1bb, 1sb, but it would stop the annoyance of having to wait sometimes even 2 hands, then pay an ante, which in the end I just wait for the BB to come round again.
2.) League Points. Tried playing a few sit n goes this week as well. I understand the league can never hope to be a true test of skill, but why do we award league pts for roulette's? Cash for points is fine as they pay a buy-in, but when you see players at the top of the sit n go league entering loads of roulette's to boost their points (always a neg financial position), it discourages from me from bothering to try and win that competition. I'm not having a dig at those players, because they win lots of sit n go's also, but it doesn't seem right to me. Roulette's have a valid place, but it shouldn't be about winning the league. Oh and finally (I promise!!), DYM's - can we not just split the total pts 3 ways. After 3 have cashed, it becomes a case of those that want the pts just fold, the other 2 go all-in, then they go all-in knowing some points have been assured. I would prefer each cashing player got the same pts - it would seem fairer to me.
Anyway, thanks for reading!
In Response to Re: What improvements would you make to the site?:
Have you noticed how the same old faces keep winning, is it because they are computer generated. Playing on here makes you a sad dummy just like me. Get out now, close it down.
Thanks a lot for your posts.
I understand the frustration of being unable to play a hand, however we need to keep to certain time limits, otherwise it causes confusion amongst players and, ultimately, could take twice as long to complete a game, which would be unfair on the rest of the players. I do, however take into account your suggestion and I will pass this forward to see if there is anything we can do to iradicate a situation like yours KKarlos93 (getting a beer is very important when playing poker, I agree!)
Secondly, the league structure has been mentioned on here a few times recently. Unfortunately, as I have posted a few times, it will remain this way for the time being due to the terms and conditions of the league. Don't rule out a change in these in the future though!!
Hope that helps,
Any questions, just let me know.
Cheers,
Jordan
Also, as a quick question - I understand the rule about not taking money from a table and reducing down to table maximum, but how come this is allowed when heads-up?
Many thanks for your response
I would like the table to load up automatically seating takes place. At the moment I have to click on a pop up to take me to the table. Sometimes the Tournement details obscures this or I may be working on something else waiting for the table to fill.
Many times I have missed the start of a game because of this.
Shouldn't be too hard to rectify.
Thanks